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libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory when activating XCP

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Applies to

  • XCP
  • Ubuntu/Debian
  • RHEL9

Issue

  • xcp: An error occurred before opening the log: Package libffi-3.4.2-8.el9.x86_64 is already installed
  • libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory when activating XCP

xcp: initialization error:
libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory

 

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